Massive Railroad 1,500' Trestle Deep In The Forest Of Maine 90 Yrs Abandoned
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
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This Was Very Time Consuming Hike But Enjoyable As A Rail Fan, Today In This Video We Walked About 4 Miles Of The Railway, The Railway Runs About 6 Miles Total With The Remaining 2 Miles On The Other Side But You Won't See Anything More, The Other Side Had A Few Washouts But Is The Same As What You See Here And Requires A Few Mile Hike To Reach As Roads Do Not Run Close To It. The Stone Supports You Saw In The Water Were Because It Is Too Deep For Pillars As They Would Have To Be To Long. Online It Will Say 13 Miles Long, That Is Total Including Removed Sections That Do Not Exist. (We Did It Years Ago)This Place Looks Awesome From Google Maps.
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Those Google Images Were During A Drought And That Is Why It Looks More Exposed
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Thanks post! I’ve enjoyed all these videos on the abandoned railway. Even your unclogging videos are epic! Thanks man. Me and you are a lot a like lol. I love clearing clogged creeks around the house.
great footage post 10, thanks.
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Like your 67 Video and Full time watching
@ Post 10✅• really enjoy your work, with my mom’s family being from Pittsfield, Mass and myself living in North Maine for roughly 10 years give or take and not being able to go out and explore any more I really appreciate the videos you do and especially all the ones about this area and trains up near Eagle Lake , with my issues I suffer from it’s really enjoyable for me, keep up the great 👍🏼 work !!!
Wow, I feel like I was hiking right along side of you! Thanks!
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All I can say is thank you. I’m 55 and have been in a wheelchair since I was 18. I have longed to go a hike like this my whole life. Just a flat out adventure with no other purpose than to see something special at the end that few have ever seen. That’s what I love about diving, it is absolute freedom for someone like me. So again thank you! I am so glad I found this video. 🤙🏼🖖🏼😯
Do you have a nephew named andy?
@@roguetuber4377 yes I do.
And a brother as well
@@scubaguy007 what happened? Because of an accident?
I am a 64nyear old disabled man and I live my life vicariously through people like yourself who take me along on adventures that I could not do by myself. Thank you for sharing your experiences I really do appreciate it!
The railway was built to transport logs out of Eagle Lake which is part of the Allagash/St John watershed and transport them to the Penobscot watershed at Umbazooksus Lake. You can see what’s left of the pier where the logs were dumped from the the trains at the North East side of the lake.
From there they would float the logs to Millinocket.
Eventually Great Northern Paper dammed Chamberlain Lake and dug a canal from Chamberlain to Telos Lake reversing the flow of Chamberlain Lake making it flow into the Penobscot and not the Allagash.
Thus the railway was no longer needed.
Was it a narrow gauge railroad?
No, it was full 4 1/2 foot gauge.
:)...There's always someone in the comments that knows A LOT about an area...
Thanks for the info I just watch the video stumbled across it of course
Thanks, I was just thinking about that. and you confirmed my thought. that was a railroad for a logging co. and they probably reused the equipment multiple times at different locations around the country back when we were logging the crap out of the place. pretty interesting.
Maine has a lot of abandoned rail lines, many have been turned into trails for snowmobiles and atv's. I live not far from a rail road town and it just amazes me how many lines I can see in the woods, not to mention some of the bridges made from stone. Lots of history here. At one time the U.S. had a rail system that rivaled all of Europe! Too bad it's mostly gone now. The stories they could tell!
Nature claiming back what was once thought conquered. Gives a perspective on human activities.
I was there in 1970. We were canoeing and saw the trestle. Much more of it was intact. Pretty impressive!
I don’t know about anyone else but post 10 has a good narrating voice.
Oh the absolute best! I have hearing issues and I can understand him perfectly. Thank you post 10!
I Think I could listen to him read the dictionary.
@ Dane Austin • he would also have that outdoors rugged look that would play well on TV, just saying and been watching him now for 3-/+ years and with my mom being from Pittsfield, Ma and myself living for 10-/+ years in Northern Maine i really enjoy his work now that I have a hard time getting around because of arthritis and heart issues along with 4 bulging disc in my back he lets me see things I normally would never get to see so a big thank you to “Post 10” !!
Agreed, awesome voice
My 3yo likes me to play Post 10 Abandoned Buildings list when hes ready for bed 😁.
My Daughter and I hiked this piece of railway history in 2020, took us 2 hours one way and the bugs weren't bad at all. Took many of the same detours you did. The lake was much lower back then and we were able to walk out along the rails much further along the shore. The next year we hiked another long section of the rails to the other terminus. That is, the other side of the trestle, but driving along a woods road where the we knew the track once crossed. We parked and then walked west. Ended up on a rocky beach which has a long deadend causeway that ends up about 100 feet from chore and built with the right rail about 6 inches higher than the left rail. This helped them dump the pulpwood into the a water so they could be floated down to the other end of the lake. One other interesting find was about 500 feet before the beach, on the right side, there once was located a building, replete with an old steel bathtub. There are old wooden barrels full of bolts and nuts and other track related materials. Nearby there is a shallow well or perhaps outhouse pit. No evidence anyone has been down that track at all. There is a branch that peels off to the left and supposedly goes the entire length of the lake to the other end. You can sort of see it on Google Earth. One local historian says that the paper company built the branch but never actually used it.
Thanks for the video Past 10
When ever I see old abandoned things, I always think about the people that built or used it and the friendship that where made when using them.
I think the same thing mate👍
Same here.
Me too especially the old gold mines out here in Washington State how they hand drill them out unreal
It's hard to even walk here, and they built a railroad across a lake in the 20s! Plus I always consider how remote an area is, even using a modern car and cell phone. They came up here in model Ts
I think of all the effort and expense and wonder how the people who built it would feel if they knew it was not used anymore
Fascinating part of Maine history. Born and raised in Maine and have never been to the locomotive site, only drove past the road in on my way to Fort Kent.
Maybe next year I will finally make the trip. Thanks for the video.
We had abandoned old locations of the tracks in Wisconsin... we'd find railroad spikes, horse shoes and elevated clearings in the woods. They built tracks to clear land
Ya bro I live in wisconsin and it has lots of rail lines took in out
My man, the unsung hero, shows his face more and more. I love it.
Keep on doing what you do, dude!
Thank you. You are providing a service for some of us.
Post 10 has a great narrating voice AND is very handsome. He needs his own show on TV! Plus he's very knowledgeable on a variety of topics. I've learned so much watching him.
There used to be a ton of early 1900s shortlines and trolleys where I live and it's been so much fun checking out the old ROWs in the woods. It's so beautiful
"It's going to be a treacherous, bushwacking adventure..........Let's get moving." Love post 10!
My thoughts exactly. Let's go.
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Didn't see him whack any bush!
"don't find any ticks for some reason"
Well no shit, it's Maine. lol
@@generalkayoss7347 "There are a lot of ticks in Maine. There is no county in Maine that does not have ticks, and Maine is home to several species. We have black-legged ticks (deer ticks), squirrel ticks, woodchuck ticks, rabbit ticks, brown dog ticks, and Lone Star ticks. If you intend to go out into the woods, take proper precautions."
Just think of all the blood, sweat and tears that went into planning and building this railroad and now..... silence. Great video, thanks!
I freaking love these videos, better than most stuff on TV nowadays for sure.
You can view this on your tv.
I swear Post 10 is reliving my childhood with these explorations videos. Post I grew up in Fitchburg MA. West Fitchburg has alot of Interesting places. We had a Train depot in the area of well Depot st. The tracks are still in use, but they all run behind the abandoned buildings which were the Paper and textile mills.
8:50 Barrow Steel 1886:-
The Barrow Hematite Steel Company Limited was a major iron and steel producer based in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire (now Cumbria), England, between 1859 and 1963. At the turn of the 20th-century and the Technological Revolution it operated the largest steel mill in the world.
I looked this up too, I think you are right; the typeface of the mold matches, Wikipedia photo for the year 1896. Having grown up in Lancashire, and visited Barrow-in-Furness and Cumbria this is fascinating.
I did wonder when I saw Barrow Steel if it was going to be from England, pretty crazy to think we used to ship steel rails all around the world! I note the wiki says "Steel rails were ... the works' signature product and were laid for railways in Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, Rhodesia, South Africa, South America, and the United States.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrow_Hematite_Steel_Company Pretty impressive there are still rails made in the North of England nearly 150 years ago sat in the middle of the wilderness over in the USA!
@@vistasinconnection9678That is quite interesting, i wonder what the story is??🤔
Mans copy and pasted Wikipedia
Those rails from Barrow-In-Furness are interesting! I lived in Barrow and have just finished my last draft in the Royal Navy in that very town....world renowned for shipbuilding, Steelworks and now Submarine manufacture. Amazing!
Exploring in nature is always fun!
My brother and I hiked those same tracks all the way out to Allagash in 2006 when I was a little kid. We did it in late fall and a snowstorm moved in when we were on our way back which made it take forever. But it was a lot of fun and I would love to give it a try in the spring.
It looks like they split after the trestle.. one going north maybe a mile but the other going all the way to Ellis Brook.. If I wasn't 4000 miles away I would come with you on that adventure.
You need to get a good walking stick. I find it indispensable, especially on rugged trails. Makes everything much easier. Getting over rugged ground, or knocking low hanging branches and other things out of the way. Also, testing to see how deep water is when you can't see to the bottom, or testing to see how soft the ground is under the water. And also to protect yourself in case you come across a bobcat or something. You don't have to beat its brains out, but just waving the stick at it will scare it away. Finally, if you're bringing gear with you, you can use the walking stick as a bindle, and it makes carrying stuff much easier. Better than a back pack. I'd recommend a good, stout walking stick for anyone who is going off on a trail or bushwhacking expedition.
Well, we finally get a good look at our Intrepid culvert-master, and seeker of abandoned sites. You're going places, young man!!
Literally *and* metaphorically! 😁
@@timkai Ha, that’s true
UK here, thanks for a brill watch, abandoned railways is a big thing here, nice to see some US stuff. Cheers
I love going on treacherous bushwhacking adventures whilst lying in my bed 😄 awesome channel 👏🏼
You are a funny guy
That's what I'm doing now!
Excellent video! It definitely takes a certain level of interest and dedication to take on such a task. Maine has a rich railroading history, and I'm happy to see you helping others to enjoy it! I've considered making the trip up there myself, although at this point I'll have to wait until the fall as Northern Maine has an unbearable level of mosquitos during the summer.
Good choice, Go in late september after first frost and you will be mosquito free and all by yourself after tourist season, Those roads are not fun with traffic and dust
Maine and New Hampshire had so many different railroads I know NH had at least 6 different railroads from 1900-1980
Inspired by Post10, I cleared a clogged grate on our office parking lot drain. Super satisfying!
Awww so nice I love this comment
How 1 person can change the world!
I unclogged a drain in our parking lot once that was covered by a black environmental barrier that got forgotten about during construction. If you know anything about Florida then you already should know this story ends with me being covered in fire ants.... lol
Hope you used something other than your bare hands. There could have been broken glass there.
But we'll done. 👍
@@CatnamedMittens he said it was clogged and he cleared it.
Thanks for shareing all your videos. I have to use a walker to even get around my house but when I was younger I was all over the place walking. Loved it!!!! You give me the opportunity to get out again. Can't thank you enough. Peace.
I love this guy.It seems that he looks different every time he’s on camera. p10 is highly entertaining. 🥇
My and my GF just watched this entire vid from start to finish. I’d never thought a video like this would be interesting, but you’re really good at this.
Post 10 had me at "treacherous bushwhacking adventure."
That was a great video, thank you. It was reminiscent of a time I was following a 'trail' that appeared on an old USGS map, mostly kept intact by deer traffic. At one point I found several stretches of old corduroy that was used to cross swampy spots. Gave me a sense of stepping back in time.
there are so few remaining NYC locomotives, not to mention the LAST LS&MS locomotive sitting in the middle of a swampy forest. Really wish the park service could take at least one of them and let it sit inside at least
Forest Museum in Duncan on Vancouver Island BC , is rescuing the ones on the island .
@@paulbains9152 grew up going to this museum gong around the loop
Hey, thanks for posting this! I'm stuck indoors sick today and this helped me feel less claustrophobic! Great adventure and wonderfully fascinating!
I learn so much info I never knew I needed on this channel also sound like ur in good shape cuz you're not wheezing into the camera mic much love from socal
Those mini tracks are called narrow gauge. My Brother bought a house with some property once and remnants of small hollow coal mine were on the property. I still have two of the lanterns that we found. Some narrow gauge railroads actually served communities but most were for getting stuff to the river or road or mainline rails and with coal or logs as spoken. TY for the trip. Pretty cool stuff.
I've watched a lot of your videos but I don't think I have ever saw you close up. Handsome man. So much history here and fascinating. Wow wish the tressel bridge was still there. You have to be one of a few if not the only one out there in years. Be careful .
I do intros on abandoned place videos normally in the thumbnail
I love all of your videos and stories on UA-cam on trains everyday
I feel really bad for abandoned stuff I would fix it if I had the chance
No point with these. It only ran from inside the middle of the woods to the river. It was for quick and easy transport to the river and apparently it was worth it to build these engines onsite and leave them when all the trees were gone.
How can you feel bad for an inanimate object....
@@GiffysChannel Except the trees are not gone. If you zoom out on Google maps link he has, you see that there is still logging going on in the area. In our area of Ohio, you log an area about once every 60 years. When you do it, you leave anything under 2 ft in diameter at the base. In 60 years, even the trees that were only a couple inches in diameter will be larger than 2 ft. Even areas in WV where commercial logging was done to get the most trees, 60 years later they are back in logging again.
@@GiffysChannel oh thx
This is what Musk should spend his money on..restoring these forgotten places..
Thanks as a model railroader I appreciate the vantage point of the lost rail
Indeed. Narration was enjoyable. Love videos like this. Just before heading off to work it's great to go outside, even if by way of a video.
There is a abandoned train line where I live that used to take to coal from the coal mines, the track are still in place and is still in good condition
Film it babe, film it! :) We wanna see.
I like stuff like this ... finding hiking old railroads houses hideouts graveyards, I hiked an old CCC camp and found foundation to master barrack and make shift creek for water inlet and sewer/septic in deep rooted wood in IL. it’s history and keeps me away from what’s happening to this country.I found and old rail car too...Nature and History makes me love life...TV I can’t watch anymore!!!
I'd like to thankyou very much for posting and narrating so nicely this awesome adventure for this old railroad fan.
10:20 "i honestly think i'm the first person to walk on this track in many years" . What an impressive statement. I wish I could experience something like this
i just edited to fix the time stamp
nah, @Irish Phoenix was just there two years ago. ;)
The steel used in making the rail was most likely pure and high quality. The salvage of that rail would be a gold mine for someone. The quality of today's recycled steel is not what that steel manufactured in the 1800"s would be. Thanks for bushwhacking and showing us a part of Maine that most will never see!
Thinking the same thing. If someone went in there and picked up all those rails and train cars they would make a fortune in good scrap
I wonder the ppl who own those locomotives or they just left it to rot
Was thinking the same thing as lately I've been doing some scraping. I know those rails are really heavy, and would probably be next to impossible to carry out without heavy machinery....
Respect. You, are a brave SOB. You inspire me to embrace the open unknown. You're giving the audience a counter poison for agoraphobia.
I started crying when I say your post...just the fact that someone knew that agoraphobia exists makes me feel less alone. 😀
@@annahasty7191 You're welcome. I get it. For me. It's like... I couldn't get past my mental walls. My own embarrassment was my own lock and key. Yeah seclusions progressed past my open door... I ultimately had to turn the knob. I am better. 😚
@@charliemichaels5858 I am glad that your better. 😁
@@annahasty7191 You still conflicted? taking any first steps for betterment? More to the point i hope you didn't shed to many tears over my comment. LOL :)
@@charliemichaels5858 I am still in the middle of battle with several illness. No tears here...very happy for you. 😁
Terrific video!! Always a thrill to find myself in this type of surrounding with historical evidence of previous activity. Great tour. Thanks!
On the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme I once hiked 72 miles through swamp land across Germany. This reminded me of that time. I remember damp feet mostly.
Where in germany are there 72 miles of swampland?
That's amazing they just put the ties on dirt. This is great. Thanks post 10!
Such a wonderful reason to visit Maine! Thank you for trekking through all of that for this amazing footage. Stay awesome, bro!
If you want to do the full 6 miles you should take a tent if it gets really late so you can camp out.
As a fan of steam engines, I’m dying inside when he says, “These are old locomotives out here in the woods, but we’re not here to see them.” A 4-4-2 and 2-8-0, it looks like? This is a fascinating video, though, you put a lot of work and love into this, thank you.
I hope you carry some kind of protection. Stay safe young Skywalker.
Yes, please! If not creepy people and wandering sasquatch, you have moose, bear and boar out there!
No boars in Maine
@@keno-ne5ob I was thinking about random people. I guess he probably puts off most harmful people because he’s so tall anyway, but protection is still good no matter. I can’t imagine he doesn’t carry at least a knife… actually I vaguely remember him using one in a video.
@@annehenry6243 snakes too maybe and spiders
@@ricklewis5804 no poisonous animals in maine. Lived here my whole life.
I appreciate your PERSEVERANCE!
Such beautiful country!! Thank you for sharing this experience with the world.
It's nice to see you. 😎💯👍
Never before have I watched two hour video after two hour video. Glad I found this channel. Keep up the good work man.
Looks like you're doing a "GeoWizard Mission Across Wales"!
No, they just went to the lake to dump logs
Very fascinating place! I used to like to walk abandoned rails when I was younger but I never had any quite like those. Excellent video.
It would be cool if trains were still used as often as they once were
Would be quite a bit better for the environment too!
This is intensely interesting. I love stuff like this. Thank you!
One thing you don’t have to worry about up in them swamps of North Maine is the gators !!!!
you gotta look up the SNL skits called "Maine Justice" here on YT, they talk about "gators in the swamps of maine". Funny skits!
@@jumpingjeffflash9946 , I will check it out, thanks !
WOW POST THAT REALLY WAS PRETTY TREACHEROUS , GOOD FOR YOU AND THANKS FOR TAKING US THERE
I love this! I would be doing the same thing, following the old railway and not knowing what is around the corner! Exciting Adventure for sure. Thanks for posting the video!
Its the legend himself. My day is complete now
I'm so curious as to why you don't see trees growing up in the middle of the tracks? It's beautiful. And I love old trains. I appreciate all the time and effort you put in to your videos. Thank you Post 10.
May be more compacted from years of heavy trains or more animal usage, the swamp with freeze and thaw cycles of the high water table soffens the ground over the years so plants can grow back faster maybe more sunlight
Possible oil killed the soil, or some one has sprayed oxbow along the area closest to the trains.
I saw several and found it interesting. 34:46 was 2 trees in the tracks. Lots around the beginning.
Amazing looking on every level. Reminded me of old grave yards that have trees growing up through the middle of graves
If i had the money id buy and restore those locos.
Hey Post - One thing I would say, is that house construction hasn't stopped - it's going like crazy in different parts of the country. Same with all kinds of industrial, commercial, public works. I work in engineering in Arizona and there's a shortage of all materials (wood, pvc, electrical, masonry) and even when you can get materials all of the construction contractors are so slammed that they aren't able to keep up with enough labor. This is probably going to stand out as a unique time in my career.
Can we get T Shirt that says "Pine Trees Are Weak" 😂😂
A lot of the downed trees don’t look like pines to me. Here in Houston when hurricanes blow thru it’s oaks that get blown over. The pines have a deep tap root and bend in the wind while the oaks root system is wide but not deep. On top of that with the ground saturated is was soft making it easier for the winds to blow over the oaks. I
pines hold up because they're flexible. also why they dominate all mountain areas. It's softer wood. Hard woods don't bend, they snap.
These videos are seriously some of the most interesting content on UA-cam. Great job on all you do.
This is the first time I see your face!
I'm one of those guys who packs a Katanaboy 650 for clearing trees from trails, you have found my nightmare... Really makes a person appreciate what early explorers/surveyors went through... gosh...
Saying moose are great at finding the best way through the forest is a bit like saying bulldozers are experts at finding plots of land that are plane and level.
This was awesome. Much appreciated. I love walks like this.
That dark section of forest was straight out of a scary sci-fi movie!
Right! that section right before looked like something out of The Hobbit.
Thank you for putting yourself out there, and for sharing it all with us. Great job !
Absolutely brilliant, thank you so much for this 🙌🙌🙌
My dad would have been 96 years old this year. They abandoned this track back when he was a child. Wow, my late mother would be impressed. She'd have turned 91 on 01-20-22.
Great video. I love hiking Maine and New Hampshire. Lots of old logging lines out there.
22:21 "pillars"...not pillars but actually driven timber pile. A foundation method still used today, although wood piles are not the only material used. Wood piles are used a lot for marine piers. Concrete piles or concrete filled pipe pile are more common. Often steel pile are used in many projects.
👏 who came early
Thats what she said.
my dad
The 4-6 mile walk there would be difficult but interesting, getting to the goal would be great, but the 4-6 mile walk back would have me in tears.
Explorer me: Ooooo pretty. Many pictures. Cool horror or apocalyptic movie scenes.
Hunter me: Nice natural ground blind there and there and there. Three game trails. Ooo moving animal. Can I eat it?
I wish I could explore like you can. I have too many responsibilities to be doing this like I did when I was younger.
I saw this on another YT channel, thank you for showing another perspective. Thank you for taking the time and effort to bring us this video, I mean that wholeheartedly. Some of us are not able to get out and see these types of things, what you are doing is awesome!
That railroad would be perfect for some Stephen King horror book scene, or movie.
Agreed, when I went bush whacking up there 2 years ago, I was listening to lord Hurons strange trails album. It was extremely fitting. You should check it out if you’re into that genre of music, it’s eerily similar!
A treacherous bushwacking adventure....love this. With my whole heart.
I have been to Maine what you are walking through brings back memories. Love the forests there so epic when you are walking in the amazing forests of Maine
Thank you for allowing me to take this awesome nature walk without having to leave my comfy bed! Great video!
Good place for a couple dozen volunteers to build a really interesting mountain bike trail, with bridges and jumps and all sorts of interesting stuff.
Thanks Post for all your intuitive and informative videos sir! Be safe out there!
Nice walk. Have family in northern Wisconsin, love to walk the old Sooline tracks!
You piqued my interest at "treacherous bush-whacking adventure"
Your videos are fascinating to watch. I like your detailed descriptions of what you're seeing.
Thank you so much! I went in 2016 and was surprised the tracks to the trestle were so overgrown. Also I was so obsessed with the trains I had no idea how intense the prior tramway was and how it still existed. Fun fact: the storage buildings for the trains (they were stored and expected to be used again after WWII yet modern trucking was starting and made it unprofitable) were not burned by accident. It was on purpose due to vagrants trying to live there and vandals.
It's funny you mentioned ticks because being a fellow New Englander ticks was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw the type of country you're trekking through.
I am looking at a 1957 aerial view map. That bridge was very intact back then.., but yeah, that was 70 years ago!! Very entertaining, thank you.
Anyway you could post that or provide a link?